Lead Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer

Lead Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer

Job Details

Job Location

Teal Drones - SLC, UT

Position Type

Full Time

Job Category

Engineering

Description

Position Summary

Teal Drones, a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Cat Holdings, is looking to fill an immediate position for a full-time Lead Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer. Teal is focused on creating world-class system solutions serving a broad range of applications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). Teal is working to deliver state-of-the-art, high-quality, high-performance robotic systems to address the growing demand in the drone industry. This position is located at the Teal facility in South Salt Lake City.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Design, prototype, implement, and test new flight behaviors to meet customer needs

Lead, build and mentor a world class guidance, navigation and control engineering team

Collaborate with interdepartmental functional groups

Tune and enhance payload state estimation, sensors, and control

Perform trade studies to determine optimal sensor selection and placement

Refine and improve flight performance of deployed systems

Review flight telemetry to verify / validate new features or assess flight anomalies on deployed systems

Perform research and development of advanced states estimation and control techniques

Collaborate with autonomy and software engineers to integrate advanced new features into the flight stack

Develop analysis tools to process flight telemetry

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering with a focus in robotics and / or control systems.

Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Ability to collaborate as part of a multi-disciplinary team to include engineering and non-engineering teammates

Ability to follow through on tasks as an individual contributor

Comfortable performing data analysis in either Matlab or Python

Comfortable working with a variety of programming languages, including C / C+

Additional Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with the PX4 flight stack

Familiarity with configuration management and build tools such as Git, Gitlab, and Jenkins

Familiarity with quadcopter flight dynamics, state estimation, and control techniques

Possess a Part 107 pilots license

Previous experience flying quadcopters

Conceptual understanding of common flight sensors such as gyroscopes, accelerometers, magnetometers, and GPS receivers

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Ability to sit or stand for extended periods while working at a computer or in a lab environment

Manual dexterity for operating hardware, electronic components, or testing tools

Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds occasionally for equipment or test setups

Capacity to move between lab, office, and test areas as required

Visual acuity to read screens, technical documents, and assess flight telemetry or test results

Occasional travel or field testing may be required.

Background Check

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with a criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal and state law.

EEO and ITAR / EAR Work Authorization Disclosure

Red Cat Holdings provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software, technology or technical data controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Successful candidates for positions subject to ITAR / EAR restrictions must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residence and must not require sponsorship for export-restricted work authorization.

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Compensation : Salary plus generous annual equity package and potential bonuses.